For Liu Hong, the son of heaven is good, but there is one disadvantage, that is, personal freedom is greatly restricted.

Since he ascended the throne at the age of twelve, unless there is a major sacrificial activity in the suburbs of Luoyang, he cannot do without the palace for half a step.

This caused him to often miss the days when he was the Marquis of the Liberation, when he could wander around the countryside as he pleased, and he was really chic and happy.

But since becoming the Son of Heaven, he has become more and more unhappy, especially the incident of the great general Dou Wu two years ago, when there was really a river of blood in the palace, which still makes him often have nightmares.

Now that Wu Yong is reciting a side poem, he has ignited his desire for the outside world, and his eyes towards Wu Yong are a little closer.

In particular, this poem was praised again and again by Taifu and Sangong, which made him value Wu Yong even more, and immediately smiled and asked: "I wonder if Zhuqing is still satisfied with this reading of my selection?" Hu Guang glanced at the three dukes present, and when he saw that they all nodded in approval, he complimented Liu Hong: "Your Majesty's eyes are like torches, and it is really a blessing for the country to be able to distinguish talents in the township!" Then he instructed Wu Yong: "Since you have passed the assessment of the old man and the princes with your own talents, you should be careful to stay by the side of the Son of Heaven in the future, and you should not be arrogant and arrogant. ”

"Obey the teachings of adults, and the boy must always keep it in mind!" Wu Yong bowed to him and bowed. Hu Guang waved his hand,

"The old man and the Son of Heaven still have important matters to discuss, you go down first, and then you will follow the confessor to meet the Queen Mother, and in the future, as the Son of Heaven, you will have to walk around the palace."

"Whoa!" Wu Yong replied, and then according to the teachings of the previous confessor, he bowed to Liu Hong, the son of heaven, and the third duke, and then withdrew from the main hall.

As soon as he breathed a sigh of relief, he saw that Cheng Huang, the regular attendant, had also retreated, and was walking towards him with a smile on his face.

"Congratulations, in the future, you will be the Son of Heaven to study, this is the dream position of many powerful children." Today is really full of twists and turns, but fortunately, Wu Yong is quite powerful, and he became the Son of Heaven with his intelligence, and he was busy in vain.

Wu Yong saw him coming, and hurriedly saluted: "Thanks to the adult's advance notice today, the kid passed the assessment by luck." Cheng Huang waved his hand, patted Wu Yong's shoulder, and said cordially: "On the way here, the old man forgot to tell you, the old man has a daughter, married to the Hou Mansion, that is, Zhu Baofeng's mother in the four winds of the Zhu family, don't call me an adult in the future, it seems that we are unfamiliar, when there is no one in private, just call me grandfather." Wu Yong was stunned, he didn't expect that Cheng Huang, the regular servant, still had such a relationship with the Houfu, so why didn't he say it earlier?

In an instant, Wu Yong figured out the middle link, and Cheng Huang was not sure if he could be the Son of Heaven.

If he climbed the relationship in advance, but he didn't pass the assessment, wouldn't he have nothing to do with himself? Therefore, between people, in the end, interests determine everything.

As long as you are worthy of your rightful value, many people will come to you to build relationships with you. Understanding the relationship, Wu Yong did not get angry, but bowed respectfully and shouted, "My nephew visits my grandfather." "In the future, as an attendant of the Son of Heaven, he will have to deal with these powerful people in the palace, and he can't ask for an elder who is close to him.

"Good ......" Cheng Huang laughed, and then said solemnly: "In the future, you and my ancestors and grandchildren will help each other in this palace, but you can't let others look down on us." After speaking, he patted Wu Yong on the shoulder again and said, "Let's go, I will take you to Yuntai Hall to see the Queen Mother now." ”

"Whoa!" Wu Yong answered, and just followed Cheng Huang out of a few steps, but was stopped by a voice.

"Boy, you stop!" Wu Yong thought at first that he was not calling him, so he ignored this person and continued to walk forward.

Who knew that this person ran a few steps, stopped in front of the two, and pointed at Wu Yong angrily and asked, "Are you deaf?" I called you, didn't you hear me, or what? Cheng Huang hurriedly stopped his pace and said to the visitor: "It turned out to be the emperor's uncle, Lord Dong Pet, for some reason blocking my way, the old man was ordered by the Taifu Hu Guangren to take the new son of heaven to read Wu Yong Xiaolangjun to the Yuntai Hall to meet the Empress Dowager Chitose." ”

"Cheng Huang, don't think I don't know what your idea is!" Dong Chong snorted coldly, and then reprimanded loudly: "Mrs. Hu just asked you to take this kid to see the queen mother, and didn't say which queen mother to meet, now there are two queen mothers in this Luoyang palace, but you led this kid to the claustrophobic queen mother in the Yuntai Palace, what is your intention?" Don't you think that the queen mother of our Yongle Palace is inherently inferior? ”

"I didn't! Master Dong, don't be unscrupulous and slander people casually, Xia Guan just thinks that this place is closer to Yuntai Palace! Cheng Huang was shocked and hurriedly argued.

Then he said: "Since Master Dong thinks it is appropriate for Xiao Langjun to go to see the Empress Dowager Yongle first, let's take him over." ”

"Count yourself interested, I'll let you go this time, let's go!" Dong Pet glanced at Cheng Huang, who was deflated, and then walked up to Wu Yong and reprimanded: "In this palace in the future, your ears will be smarter, don't think that if you become the Son of Heaven's attendant, everything will be fine, and if you make the Empress Dowager Yongle unhappy, let the Son of Heaven expel you, it is just a matter of one sentence." Wu Yong was stunned for a moment, and almost asked who are you!

It was Cheng Huang who grabbed him and introduced: "This is the uncle of today's son, the brother of the Empress Dowager Yongle, the emperor's uncle Dong Pet Dong, and the current position of Luoyang's ruling Jinwu." Wu Yong was really stunned, he had read "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty and Emperor Ling" in his later life, and this Dong pet seemed to be imprisoned and executed in a few months for the crime of falsely claiming to be entrusted by the Empress Dowager Dong.

Even the nephew who is the Son of Heaven and the sister who is respected as Empress Xiaoren did not save his life, which shows how much fault he made.

He was in a daze here, but Cheng Huang took out a piece of silver cake from his arms, handed it to him, and said with a smile: "He just came to the palace from the countryside, Uncle Dong Huang should not be familiar with the general and lose his identity." Dong Pet took the silver cake and weighed it in his hand, then he smiled, saw Wu Yongzheng staring at him, and hurriedly put away his smile, and put the silver cake in his pocket without a trace, and then coughed lightly and said: "Forget it this time, in front of the Empress Dowager Yongle in person, I will also say a few good words to him." ”

"Then thank you Uncle Donghuang!" Cheng Huang continued to smile. Dong Pet waved his hand,

"Let's go, don't let the Queen Mother wait." After speaking, he took a step first and walked in the direction of Yongle Palace. Wu Yong looked at him with no one in his eyes and greedy and excessive, and knew that he had died unjustly.

Sure enough, if God lets him die, he must first make him crazy, and people will be crazy and the sky will accept it! Thinking like this, Wu Yong's feet did not stop, and he followed closely behind Cheng Huang.

When the three of them came to the resumption between the south and north palaces, Cheng Huang took advantage of the crowd to hand Wu Yong a piece of gold cake, and whispered: "As soon as you meet the Empress Dowager Yongle, you will give her the gold cake." "The so-called double road, is the upper and lower two passages, the Luoyang Palace's double road is covered by the roof, seven miles long from north to south, three roads in parallel, the middle one, is the emperor's special royal road, on both sides are the courtiers, waiters walk.

And every ten steps there is also a guard, standing on the side of the two compartments, very mighty. Wu Yong was dazzled, and when Cheng Huang stuffed the gold cake into his hand, he reacted, so he asked in a low voice, "What does grandfather mean by this?" Cheng Huang motioned for Wu Yong to put away the gold cake, and then glanced at Dong Pet in front of him, and saw that there were palace maids and confessors greeting him from time to time, and he didn't have the heart to pay attention to this place at all, so he explained softly to Wu Yong while walking.

Since last year, the biological mother of the Son of Heaven Liu Hong, Dong, has been revered as Empress Xiaoren, and has been living in Yongle Palace, and the palace people have called her "Empress Dowager Yongle" for convenience.

Although Cheng Huang said it implicitly, Wu Yong heard it, this

The "Empress Dowager Yongle" is extremely greedy, not only often taking things in the palace out to be re-sold, but also often asking the palace people for money in the name of punishment, causing the people in the palace to avoid it.

Wu Yong really gained insight this time, the entire palace is owned by her own son, but she, who is a mother, often thinks about how to sell it, which is really short-sighted.

Then Wu Yong thought that after the death of the Empress Dowager Dou, the Dong family became the real empress dowager, so she began to interfere in the government affairs, not only instigating her son to sell her official position, but she herself also sold official goods and accepted money, completely disrupting the government and politics.

Thinking like this, Wu Yong unconsciously followed Cheng Huang to a large hall in Yongle Palace. Not long after Dong Pet entered, the shout of the confessor came: "The Queen Mother has a decree, Xuan Tianzi will read Wu Yong to see you!" Wu Yong tidied up his clothes, smoothed the wrinkles at the corners of his clothes, and then strode towards the hall.

Entering the hall, Wu Yong saw the woman sitting on the circle chair and Dong Pet standing on one side at a glance, and knew that this was

"Empress Dowager Yongle". He didn't dare to look at it more, and hurriedly followed the etiquette taught by the confessor before, stepped forward, bowed down to worship, and said: "Boy Wu Yong, meet the Queen Mother, may the Queen Mother be a thousand years old, a thousand years old." ”

"Hehe, you can speak, and you are worthy of being personally selected by my boy and Taifu Sangong." Empress Dowager Dong said it without saltiness, but she didn't mean to let Wu Yong get up.

Seeing this, Wu Yong had no choice but to take out the golden cake just now, and said loudly: "Before entering the palace, the uncle and grandmother of the Houhou Mansion once told the boy that the queen mother of Yongle Palace is a rare good mother in the world, and a woman has been teaching the Son of Heaven alone for many years, and she doesn't know how much hardship she has paid, so that when the boy sees the queen mother, he must show his heart no matter what." ”

"Good boy, get up quickly, come on, give me a seat!" Sure enough, as soon as Empress Dowager Dong saw the golden cake, her attitude towards Wu Yong suddenly changed.

When the palace maid took the gold cake in Wu Yong's hand and handed it to her, she weighed it without a trace, so she smiled more lovingly.

"It's really hard for your uncle and grandmother to still think about me, Zhuo Taijun, who is guarding the deep palace women's Taoist family, and Zhuo Taijun in the Hou Mansion, this palace has admired her for a long time before, and now I hear you say this, and when I have leisure time in the future, this palace will send someone to bring her into the palace to see her."

"Thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother, after the boy goes back, he will tell his uncle and grandmother to let the eldest uncle prepare some thank you gifts for the Queen Mother!" Wu Yong bowed respectfully again.

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Dong's eyes lit up again, and then she pointed at Wu Yong and said with a smile: "Look, he can be a servant of the Son of Heaven at a young age, and he is really a clever person." Then he said to Wu Yong: "You will accompany the Son of Heaven to study in the future, but you should be more dedicated." If you encounter a difficult problem that cannot be solved, send someone to inform the main palace. Maybe it was the silver cake given by Cheng Huang before, and Dong Pet on the side echoed: "The Queen Mother can also rest assured that she can come now, I was always worried that the Son of Heaven did not have playmates of the same age, but now with this little Langjun in front of me, he is not much different in age from the Son of Heaven, and he is the Son of Heaven to read, which is really counted in one fell swoop!" ”